Old English alewe "fragrant resin of an East Indian tree," a Biblical usage, from Latin aloe, from Greek aloe, translating Hebrew ahalim (plural, perhaps ultimately from a Dravidian language [..]

Archaic. AppleTalk Low Overhead Encapsulation. A vendor-developed alternative to AURP, ALOE provides a mechanism to tunnel AppleTalk protocols inside IP packets, typically in WAN links.

(n) succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in Africa

A Hebrew word, Greek alo. A very bitter plant; hence the proverb, Plus aloes quam mellis habet, “(Life) has more bitters than sweets.” The French say, “La oôte d’Ad [..]

A Plant genus of the Family Aloeaceae, order Liliales (or Asphodelaceae, Asparagales in APG system) which is used medicinally. It contains anthraquinone Glycosides such as aloin-Emodin or aloe-Emodin [..]

A plant genus of the family Aloeaceae, order Liliales (or Asphodelaceae, Asparagales in APG system) which is used medicinally. It contains anthraquinone glycosides such as aloin-emodin or aloe-emodin [..]

<botany> The dried juice from the leaves of plants of the genus Aloe (family Liliaceae), from which are derived aloin, resin, emodin and volatile oils, also used in some laxatives as a purgative, often added to topical cosmetics. (27 Sep 1997)

Aloe perfoliata|species|noshow=1 - type species; Aloe vera|species|noshow=1 - selected species; for other species see mul|aloe